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The Renaissance Unit Test

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What two Protestant reformers began new churches in Switzerland?
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What industries helped Florence become the center of the Renaissance?
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Who was Desiderius Erasmus? How did he help to prepare Europe for the Reformation?
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What happened when Luther was brought before the Diet of Worms?
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How did Italian city-states become so powerful?
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How did the Medici family rule Florence for so long?
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Describe at least two key effects of the Reformation on Europe and the world.
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How did the growth of trade and commerce help the Renaissance begin?
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List at least four science or mathematics topics that Leonardo explored in his notebooks.
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What did humanists believe about people's abilities?
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What was the Council of Trent? What did the council do?
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Who was Albert Duhrer?
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What was so amazing about Donatello's "David"? About Michelangelo's "David"?
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In what way did Catherine of Siena's approach to faith help prepare people for the Reformation?
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How were Luther's beliefs different from those of the Catholic Church?
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How did humanists' studies and ideas affect Renaissance life?
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Why did towns become more important as trade grew?
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Who was William Tyndale? What important contribution is he known for?
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How did the rise of commerce and banking affect life in towns and cities?
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Why did Martin Luther write the Ninety-Five Theses and post them on the door of the church in Wittenberg?
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He was outraged by the selling of indulgences. He posted the 95 theses to express his ideas about this practice.
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It showed people could lead spiritual lives that went beyond the norms of the Church. It emphasized personal experience of God over church practices.
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Towns were centrally located. They attracted merchants, craftsmen, and customers. They provided services for traveling merchants.
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Merchants, craftsmen, and bankers became more powerful. They used new wealth to commission art, new buildings, and to fund universities.
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He believed salvation came from faith, not good work. He believed the Bible, not the pope, was the ultimate religious authority. He thought all christians were priests and should read the Bible for themselves. He felt sacraments had no basis in Bible.
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They had a strong military, they build palaces, they sponsored art, and they defeated their enemies.
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Donatello's "David" was life-size, showed personality, showed mood, and was very natural. Michelangelo's "David" was enormous (17 ft. tall), beautiful, and showed complex emotions
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It changed ideas about government, social standing, and religion. It tried to improve art, buildings, and ideas from the past. It also led to new discoveries, new ways of studying, and new inventions.
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He blended detailed German painting with Italian techniques of perspective and idealized beauty. He wrote influential books about human proportions.
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New items renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome. New wealth generated helped to fund a growth in art and learning.
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Humanists believed people shape their own lives and can achieve great things.
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Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin.
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Geometry, engineering, anatomy, motion, and sound.
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He was a priest and a scholar. He translated books of the Bible into English. He adopted protestant views and was burned at the stake. His translations are used in the King James Bible.
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He refused to take back teachings and was declared a heretic by the emperor. The emperor forbade the printing of his ideas.
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The woolen-cloth and banking industries.
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he was a humanist priest that wanted to reform the Church. He wrote "The Praise of Folly", a satire of society including abuses by clergy and church leaders. His attacks on corruption added to people's desire to leave Catholocism.
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It led to a series of wars and persecutions. These created lasting divisions in Europe. These divisions spread to new lands. It led to a period of nationalism and monarchies that became stronger. It helped democratic ideas and practices.
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The central Mediterranean location allowed booming centers of trade and business.
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It was a meeting of Catholic church leaders that began to combat corruption and fight protestantism in 1545. It rejected predestination and justification by faith alone. It reaffirmed the sacraments and the church's authority to interpret the Bible.
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Who wrote "The Divine Comedy"?
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Be able to compare and contrast Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Anglicanism. (similarities and differences)
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Be able to use a map of Europe and list the major regions/countries in which each type of religion was practiced during the Reformation.
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An Italian painter and sculptor. He is best known for the painting of the Sistine Chapel and his statue of "David".
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An Italian painter known for his use of color. He created many paintings of myths and Bible stories, as well as portraits of royalty.

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